Briefing Notes for the New Season — Part Two Fri 26th Jul 2013 12:00 In the second of a series of pre-season reports, HarryFromBath assesses the mood around the Championship clubs by delving into their forums. Barnsley, Huddersfield Town and Doncaster Rovers are under the spotlight in today’s notes. |
Impressive U18s Beat Spurs Thu 25th Jul 2013 14:23 Town’s U18s produced a fine all-round performance to comfortably beat Tottenham Hotspur 4-0 in a friendly played in two 40-minute periods on Thursday lunchtime. Teddy Bishop (pictured), Matt Clarke, Rory Thompson and Shane McLoughlin were on the scoresheet. |
Briefing Notes for the New Season — Part One Thu 25th Jul 2013 12:00 In the first of a series of pre-season reports, HarryFromBath assesses the mood around the Championship clubs by delving into their forums. Middlesbrough, Leeds and Sheffield Wednesday are under the spotlight in today’s notes. |
U18s Face Tottenham Thu 25th Jul 2013 10:26 Town’s U18s are in action in a friendly against Tottenham at Playford Road this morning (KO 11.30am). |
Colchester 0-3 Town Tue 23rd Jul 2013 21:33 Goals from Luke Chambers, David McGoldrick and Daryl Murphy (pen) saw the Blues to a 3-0 victory over Colchester at the Weston Homes Community Stadium and maintained their 100% record in pre-season. Town were well on top in a first half and were two goals up at the break with Murphy adding the third from the spot after he had been fouled in a half in which the U’s presented a greater threat. |
McCarthy: I Know My Best Team Sat 20th Jul 2013 09:39 Boss Mick McCarthy says he knows his best team ahead of this afternoon’s friendly visit to Barnet (KO 3pm). Town so far have a 100% record in their pre-season matches. |
Blues Make Move for Waterford Winger Thu 11th Jul 2013 09:52 Town have made an approach to Waterford United regarding the signing of winger Jack Doherty. At the end of last month, TWTD revealed that the 18-year-old would join the Blues squad during last week's training camp at Carton House in Kildare. |
Crawley 1-2 Town Wed 10th Jul 2013 21:35 Daryl Murphy netted his third goal of pre-season and David McGoldrick scored from the spot as Town beat Crawley 2-1 at the Broadfield Stadium. The goals came in either half with manager Mick McCarthy again fielding a different team in each half. |
Connor Looking for Progression at Crawley Wed 10th Jul 2013 09:17 Assistant boss Terry Connor is looking for the Blues to step up their performance when they take on Crawley Town at the Broadfield Stadium in their second pre-season friendly this evening (KO 7.45pm). Mick McCarthy’s right-hand man wants to see a progression from Saturday’s 2-0 victory at Shelbourne. |
The Ex-Files: Andy Marshall Tue 02nd Jul 2013 13:17 In the eighth part of our regular series, The Ex-Files, Blair Ferguson catches up with former Blues and Norwich City keeper Andy Marshall. |